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General Software Discussion / Re: Why Microsoft fears Open Source (in their own words)

« Last post by Edvard on December 04, 2006, 03:39 PM »

FTW!!!11!!!1!

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Developer's Corner / Re: Best Programming Music

« Last post by Edvard on November 30, 2006, 01:08 PM »

Yeah, perhaps that genre is too cerebral for when you need to concentrate.
Although sometimes that's a good thing. I'm right now listening to Special Xmas through the XM Radio at work.
I can't help it, something about offbeat music just pushes my buttons...

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Living Room / Re: Demise of the trackball? What's the alternative?

« Last post by Edvard on November 30, 2006, 12:12 PM »

Ding!

http://uk.kensington.com/html/9109.html

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Developer's Corner / Re: Best Programming Music

« Last post by Edvard on November 30, 2006, 12:09 PM »

If anybody is looking for music "off the beaten path" check this out:
http://wfmu.org

Like pirate radio but legal

and especially their download page:
http://wfmu.org/onth...ownload.php/byartist

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Living Room / Re: Demise of the trackball? What's the alternative?

« Last post by Edvard on November 29, 2006, 01:34 PM »

Dude, I think this one's got you covered. That scroll ring looks nifty: http://www.cardcam.com/html/2200.html

Or check out one of these: http://www.infogrip....&option=pointing

Nope, scratch all those, get one of these: http://www.x-arcade.com/trackball.shtml 

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Living Room / Upside Down Prank

« Last post by Edvard on November 29, 2006, 11:52 AM »

Do you remember the Looney Tunes cartoon "Mouse Wreckers" where two mice (Hubie and Bertie) induce insanity in Claude cat by nailing all the furniture upside down? 

Well, some college kids went and done the same trick to one of their buddies.

http://www.lightsideup.com

9 Days, 12 People, 600 Galvanized Screws, 1 Dream, 1 Prank...
Operation relliM

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Command-line spellcheck utility

« Last post by Edvard on November 22, 2006, 06:31 PM »

OK, here's what I'm proposing: Say you're doing something mundane and want to know how to spell a word and you don't want to open up a big program just to grok the spell checker. All you want to do is hit Win+R or a CLI terminal and type:

[Select]

spell <insert word here>

and you'll get either a confirmation of your Jedi spelling skills, or a gentle rebuke with a suggestion or two (a la Google when it says "Did you mean...")
I realize there probably is a program like that somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it, and Clipboard Help 'n Spell is more than what I'm looking for...

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Living Room / Cody! Do not go Golfing!

« Last post by Edvard on November 22, 2006, 05:11 PM »

Ooh, I can't watch...

http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=wubPjCJoWnc

 

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Living Room / Random Google - Better than StumbleUpon?

« Last post by Edvard on November 22, 2006, 05:07 PM »

Try it, you might like it...

http://www.randomgoogle.com/

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General Software Discussion / Adobe Flash engine goes Open Source

« Last post by Edvard on November 22, 2006, 05:05 PM »

The Tamarin Project:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tamarin/

The Tamarin virtual machine will be used by Mozilla within SpiderMonkey, the core JavaScript engine embedded in Firefox® and other products based on Mozilla technology. The code will continue to be used by Adobe as part of the ActionScript™ Virtual Machine within Adobe® Flash® Player.

Cool!

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Living Room / Re: OhMiBod - Another computer sex gadget for women

« Last post by Edvard on November 21, 2006, 06:19 PM »

and I saw this on Daily Rotation a few days ago:
http://mdn.mainichi-...2g00m0dm013000c.html
Apparently, Apple isn't too jazzed about sex toys that capitalize on sound-alikes of their pet project...

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Virtual Window Managers

« Last post by Edvard on November 21, 2006, 02:39 PM »

Ok, I'll give Dexpot another crack, and I'll also include the Monitors program from recently-reviewed Godlike Software

Stay tuned for more...

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Living Room / Re: OhMiBod - Another computer sex gadget for women

« Last post by Edvard on November 21, 2006, 02:19 PM »

Nope. I betcha he's been here -> http://www.gizmodiva.com/
 

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General Software Discussion / Linked In: Web social networking for professionals

« Last post by Edvard on November 20, 2006, 05:13 PM »

http://www.linkedin.com/

LinkedIn is an online service offered to enable professionals find and connect with other professionals more effectively (the “LinkedIn Service”). Whether looking for a job, a lead for that next deal, or an industry expert, LinkedIn users can make contact with thousands of professionals who are users of the LinkedIn Service.

Thinking of joining just for the heck of it, any opinions?

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Living Room / Re: OhMiBod - Another computer sex gadget for women

« Last post by Edvard on November 20, 2006, 11:22 AM »

Actually this kind of stuff hits the news and bookmark sites pretty hard...
Digg and DailyRotation have both had this on.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tool or Shell to Browse+Play .WAV files?

« Last post by Edvard on November 20, 2006, 11:20 AM »

Xplorer^2 does as well... http://zabkat.com/pic/s2.png

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA:Shell Hack-Turn off icons or make them size 1-15 (currently smallest is 16)

« Last post by Edvard on November 17, 2006, 05:44 PM »

Can you confirm that Litestep tip, screen shotties? Any Explorer replacements that let you dispose of the ever present Icon?

First of all, Litestep does not give any desktop at all by default. You have to load and configure a desktop module like Desktop2, jDesk or xDesktop. Desktop2 does not allow icons anyway.

Perusing the documentation, I could not find any desktop modules that let you have icons smaller than 16 px but xDesktop allows text-only icons.

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Living Room / Re: Microsoft + Novell = ?

« Last post by Edvard on November 16, 2006, 02:55 PM »

WE can deploy the best of open source and proprietary software side-by-side

*Ahem* IF you have a valid Microsoft License to do so... read the fine print.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA:Shell Hack-Turn off icons or make them size 1-15 (currently smallest is

« Last post by Edvard on November 15, 2006, 03:22 PM »

To hide Desktop Icons:
1- With a registry hack
2- Using Active Desktop
3- Download IconDesk, HideIcons or Iconoid

To have smaller Icons:
um... Good one. Litestep has some desktop modules that may allow small icons but that's going a little beyond shell tricks.

Personally I use PowerPro for a whole slew of things, hiding desktop icons being one of them. The downside is you don't have access to your Recycle Bin.

edit by jgpaiva: fixing url tags

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General Software Discussion / Re: "Mouser": a new concept of a keyboard mouse.

« Last post by Edvard on November 14, 2006, 07:28 PM »

Also, Jgpaiva's GridMove is an excellent program for arranging windows without the mouse, but to tell you the truth, I wanted something just a tiny bit simpler. Here's an .ahk script I came up with:

[Select]

ScrH = %A_ScreenHeight%
ScrW = %A_ScreenWidth%
ScrHm := ScrH/2
ScrWm := ScrW/2

^#NumPad1::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,0,ScrH-WinH
Return
^#NumPad2::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,ScrWm-WinWm,ScrH-WinH
Return
^#NumPad3::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,Scrw-WinW-40,ScrH-WinH
Return
^#NumPad4::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,0,ScrHm-WinHm
Return
^#NumPad5::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,ScrWm-WinWm,ScrHm-WinHm
Return
^#NumPad6::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,ScrW-WinW,ScrHm-WinHm
Return
^#NumPad7::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,0,0
Return
^#NumPad8::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,ScrWm-WinWm,0
Return
^#NumPad9::
Gosub, window
WinMove,A,,ScrW-WinW,0
Return
^#q::
ExitApp

window:
WinGetPos,,,WinW,WinH,A
WinWm := WinW/2
WinHm := WinH/2
Return

To use: Press Ctrl+Win+ a key representing a compass point on your number pad and it will throw the active window to that edge of the screen. Ctrl+Win+5 will center it and Ctrl+Win+Q will exit the script.

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Living Room / Re: 10 coolest alarm clocks

« Last post by Edvard on November 14, 2006, 11:33 AM »

w00t!!1!!!

 

I've been waiting for this one since https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1763.0 !!

Thanks for the heads up Mouser!!

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Living Room / Re: Linux security programs

« Last post by Edvard on November 14, 2006, 11:30 AM »

Ok, let me be a little more verbose...

A Poor Man's Install of a Linux Live CD consists of:
1) Saving the .iso file on your hard disk
2) Booting with either -
    A) A floppy disk containing a boot program that will launch your .iso file as if you were running the live CD
    B) The Live CD which you then tell (via "cheatcodes") to launch the .iso file instead of continuing with the CD

About cheatcodes: Usually, a Live CD will give you the option at boot-time whether to continue booting as-is or to enter optional codes to direct the system to do different tricks. Some of these include loading the system entirely into memory (w00t!), loading extra drivers for weird hardware (parallel-port CD burners, etc.), choosing an  alternate graphics mode, etc. Knoppix has cheatcodes that allow you to read the system from a location other than the physical CD. Knoppix has a boot cheatcode called "bootfrom" that does just this. When you see the splash screen with the boot options offered, type after the "boot:" prompt

[Select]

bootfrom=/dev/hda1/path/to/knoppix.iso

(remember, Linux uses forward slashes...)
if you put your knoppix.iso right on your C:\ drive then it would be:

[Select]

bootfrom=/dev/hda1/knoppix.iso

Let me know if I can be any more help.

P.S. A while ago, I had quite a bit to say over here on the subject of Linux. Hope it helps.

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General Software Discussion / Re: "Mouser": a new concept of a keyboard mouse.

« Last post by Edvard on November 13, 2006, 07:16 PM »

I could stand for an option to go into direct mouse control mode

Like so?
http://www.microsoft...owsxp/mousekeys.aspx

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General Software Discussion / Save flash games for standalone play

« Last post by Edvard on November 13, 2006, 06:35 PM »

I've heard in this forum more than a few times the desire to be able to play flash games offline, as well as discussion about the ethics of doing such a thing, but I couldn't find the relevant threads to post this tiny gem to. Being on dialup, the option for me is clear. And now that I've found Swf2Exe, things are even easier...

http://www.mmshall.c.../26/swf2exe-161.html

SWF<->EXE Features:
1. Easy to convert flash between swf and exe.
2. Easy to release your flash cards in exe format to your friends, they can view it without Flash player.
3. Support drag-drop method.

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Living Room / Re: Linux security programs

« Last post by Edvard on November 13, 2006, 12:21 PM »

Actually there are many different ways to run a live CD off your hard drive. The most common is to use a boot floppy or USB to kick up the .iso saved on your hard disk, or booting from the CD but passing the "tohd" and "fromhd" cheatcodes to use the .iso instead of the CD.
Try here: http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/2448
and here: http://www.knoppix.n...ki/Poor_Mans_Install